A Dutch company is testing an underwater system that can store excess energy from wind farms.
Electricity to supply more than one million homes was wasted in 2020 due to a lack of storage
It's already a problem. In 2020, enough electricity to supply more than one million homes was wasted due to a lack of storage,But one firm, which won a 2022 Best of Innovation award at the CES technology show earlier this year, believes it has the solution. The water in those tubes is under pressure, so when it is released the water flows quickly and is directed through turbines, also on the sea bed, generating electricity when needed.
Many on-shore wind farms already use batteries to store extra power but there are a number of problems when it comes to using these offshore.
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